By Nancy Singleton Hachisu and Kenji Miura (photographer) Andrews McMeel Publishing, $35.00, 386 pages While it’s essentially a cookbook, Japanese Farm Food also narrates the history of one woman’s long romance with a country, the man she married and the cuisine that brought …
By Elizabeth Essex St. Martin’s Press, $7.99, 368 pages With its conventional chest-baring cover, a reader might dismiss Almost A Scandal: The Reckless Brides without a second thought. For readers willing to take a chance, however, they will be rewarded with fast-moving action …
By Madeline Hunter Jove, $7.99, 344 pages I’ve been a secret reader of Madeline Hunter, having read most of the Seduction series while on extended holiday. This author revels in strong female leads who are fueled by their dedication to their art or …
By Tomás Eloy Martínez with translation by Frank Wynne Bloomsbury Press, $17.00, 288 pages Even readers who have consumed a steady diet of South American literature since the boom era may find immense pleasure in reading Tomás Eloy Martínez’s last novel. …
By Jutta Profijt, Erik J. Macki (translator) AmazonCrossing, $14.95, 242 pages ISBN 9781611090321 Crime shows love to depict forensics lab guys doing all the detecting, but that’s simply not true. This novel draws much attention to this conceit. Dr. Martin …
